Shallow Water Kayak Anchoring Options

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In this video I answer the question that I get quite bit about more affordable alternatives to the Power-Pole Micro Anchor. While I believe that the Power-Pole is one of my most useful tools, I understand that it doesn't fit some peoples budgets so this video discusses many of the more affordable options.
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@normanlong6872 3 жыл бұрын

Loved your video....just getting into kayak fishing....old disabled vet who still craves the adventure....obviously you are the real deal....love it...be blessed and stay safe

@pastofino6375 5 жыл бұрын

My wife told me to put on my bra and go buy a grinder. I'll be back!

@stens52 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Chad

@MichiganPondHoppersTv 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao😂😂😂🎣

@davidhefner5668 3 жыл бұрын

My wife has a grinder ...and I have to keep telling her to take her teeth out.

@VAFSH4LIF 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@lexwaldez 5 жыл бұрын

I used to kayak a half a lifetime ago and LOVED it. Recently got back into shooting and my neighbor has started dragging me along fishing (god bless him). Now KZfaq took me to all these great kayak fishing channels, which I've subscribed to, and here I am saving up for my first fishing kayak. I'm a big guy so it won't be cheap and if I've learned anything it's buy once cry once. I love all the info on these channels. Thanks very much for sharing all your knowledge and water wisdom you've built up over the years. It's fun and I really appreciate all the work you put into it. I think I might drive down to Jackson Kayak and see if they can't help me figure out which yak to try first. My goal is to be out on the water next spring. Save that money!

@Ajstenersen 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad! I use a 10' x 1" pvc pipe with a tee on the end.

@inthechains86 5 жыл бұрын

All that beneficial information and all I got was, “I need to buy a grinder.”

@jerryali9120 3 жыл бұрын

i guess I'm kinda off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch new movies online ?

@damianmelvin5401 3 жыл бұрын

@Jerry Ali i use flixzone. You can find it on google =)

@omarikhari3942 3 жыл бұрын

@Damian Melvin Yup, been watching on Flixzone for months myself :)

@jerryali9120 3 жыл бұрын

@Damian Melvin thanks, signed up and it seems to work :) I really appreciate it!!

@damianmelvin5401 3 жыл бұрын

@Jerry Ali Glad I could help :D

@mikeb0121 5 жыл бұрын

I use the tomato stake. The 3/4 inch 9.00 one. Then put a pvc T on the end. Works great! Love your vids as always thanks for the info.

@RobertPatricelli-my1wk 3 ай бұрын

I have a stakeout pole and the anchor wizard , both are utilized to their full potential at various times as needed . Have been educated immensely watching your videos on numerous subjects in regards to kayak fishing . Thank you very much !

@ChadHooverFishing 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Robert

@arkansasslim2228 5 жыл бұрын

Great info Chad. Glad you touched on the other ways to make your own instead of just pushing one product. Keep 'em coming

@tbravo9758 3 жыл бұрын

Chad you asked for a comment so here ya go brother. Thanks for doing what you do and sharing your knowledge. you gave me the nudge to get off my hind end and get kayak fishing. Thanks for your service as a retired vet myself I can tell you first hand what being in the outdoors does to heal.

@hotbrass2005 4 жыл бұрын

Many years ago I found a 1 1/2 inch diameter, 8 foot long fiberglass rod at Grainger for like $25. Cut that sucker up drilled holes in it, and epoxied couplers and threaded rod in it to make a multi-piece stake out pole. It worked well, but was heavy and definitely didn't float. Not nearly as nice as the the park n pole, but it did the trick! Glad Luther and Chad are out there revolutionizing this hobby with quality gear!

@matthewwilliamson1982 5 жыл бұрын

I am new to Kayak fishing, and I want to thank you for all of your videos. It has been very helpful. I have fished tournaments in a bass boat however I am loving the kayak. Thanks again.

@yakmaster3303 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Chad! I use pvc with metal conduit in it. Glued tee on top and plug on bottom. Been used my the same one for 7 years now!

@richardcatron3547 3 жыл бұрын

Just got my first kayak today, which is for fishing. I'm enjoying your videos. You give a lot of good pointers and information that is going to help make this a more enjoyable experience. Also Thank you for your service.

@troychishow1902 4 жыл бұрын

I made one too. I install garage doors. So I used a residential spring shaft. 10 feet long, with a shovel handle bolted to the top, and a wooden sharpened dowel at the business end. Painted black and works great especially in current. Thanks again Chad for the great kayak content.

@mikewalsh789 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the video! I have fished with a recreational kayak for years, and just picked up a 2019 Hobie Outback. I typically fish rivers here in SC, so I owned (but rarely used) a five pound anchor. I recently learned about stake put poles and it looks to me like the best one around is the Yak Attack version. I appreciate the unique design features you worked in, especially the "hook" feature. As someone who fishes oyster beds about 75% of the time, the ability to pop a jighead loose with the pole is very appealing. Thanks again for the great video and for your design expertise! Now I've gotta go find a Yak Attack Park and Pole to buy!

@patcochran3284 5 жыл бұрын

New to kayaking. Thanks for the tip on using the stake out pole to free stuck jigs and lures. Such a simple solution might just save me a decent amount of money.

@brianfisher22 5 жыл бұрын

Walmart has a 7 dollar fiberglass plant stake. I bought 2 and epoxied them together with a copper coupling. Works like a champ.

@pimpdrummer02 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like this is the first video of yours that I’ve watched where I got to see a lot of your personality. Definitely a subscriber now! Haha

@charlesmichael5654 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I’d have found your KZfaq channel along time ago... you have answered a lot of my questions and so many more that I haven’t even thought of yet 👍

@timothyperiard7048 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Chad, I have had my eye on one of those for some time now and plan to get one as there were many times i could of used it this past year when it was very windy instead of using my anchor. Great video!

@richmark8736 5 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying your channel and another great video. Got me excited to head to the shop and make myself a stake-out pole for my new kayak. Putting on my best working kilt and heading out to use my grinder, dremel and gonna grab a big hammer and see what I end up with.

@dougshelton7656 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoying this informative kayak videos. Helps me get prepared for when my dad and I get our kayaks. Also looking forward to seeing you at the Indianapolis boat, sport, and travel show next week.

@abryantbunch 5 жыл бұрын

I am new to all of this. Just purchased my Big Rig today. Of course the first thing I did was go to KZfaq to figure out how to use it and see what else I might want to add as I go. Your channel has been awesome and I really appreciate the information!

@raymondschoeneman7419 5 жыл бұрын

I'm enjoying these new short informative videos!

@raymondschoeneman7419 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad! I've been a kayak fisherman for years and have been thinking about a power pole but since there are so many other things I could buy with I may go low tech for now now and use the savings to buy more tackle and lures. P.S. I have been mostly fly fishing up till now so there are plenty of new toys to buy! He who dies with the most toys wins!

@jimmin9802 4 жыл бұрын

Looked at making one, found different ideas and wound up just going and supporting my local kayak shop during this shutdown w the yakattack pole. Happy w it and happy to support local.

@awallpaul1701 5 жыл бұрын

Both of us use the 8’ garden pole, works great!! So glad I own a grinder!

@bassbullienation8703 5 жыл бұрын

Great info as always. I made one from a garden stake and I add a PVC Tee to the top of it.

@anthonym7113 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Chad, i used an old aluminum broom handle and attached a frog gig fork at the end. It has worked well many times for me for a stake out pole. Thank you for all your ideas add well.

@jonthanyoder4993 5 жыл бұрын

Chad, thanks for another great video/tip. I'm currently working on a 2 stage, manual deployment, anchor stake.

@tylerstewart7842 5 жыл бұрын

I'm moving to Petawawa, Ontario in the next month so i started researching kayak fishing. I really look forward to getting into this hobby with all the rivers and lakes around Canadian Forces base Petawawa. Your video is very helpful and I look forward to watching other videos you have, since you seem to very knowledgable in this sport. I have a grinder and a dremel tool I love DIY projects.

@deasdempsey 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your knowledge and advice. Very helpful for this newbie. Cant wait to start kayak fishing. Soon!

@deankirby5966 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video, Chad! I thought about the painter pole, but never gave it a try...time to break out the grinder :-).

@nickfranklin5495 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your videos, find them all useful in their own way! Keep it up and I'll keep watching.

@Purduepharmd 5 жыл бұрын

Great informative vid. I’ll be picking one of these up

@zedrad1 5 жыл бұрын

Really liking these types of videos. Some of it is so simple I can't think of them when I need it.

@MrHadite81 5 жыл бұрын

Killing it! I will be watching your vids all day. Great product review. By the way, I own TWO grinders!

@danielburnside1606 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks I’ve been pondering a Parking Pole vs one of the rear mount options. This seems to be much more versatile than a permanent mounted one.

@bensdad5 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and I appreciate all of your wisdom and tips. I am getting me one of these soon.

@Larry77777 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Chad: This is one your best videos recently. It has all the ingredients: humour, low-budget appeal, DIY experiences, more humour, and a challenge and reward offered to the viewers. Oh, and did I mention ... more humour

@danmcgowan5801 5 жыл бұрын

i have been using mine for 8 to 10 years and love it!

@johnwarnke3861 5 жыл бұрын

Man, I think you just convinced me I need one of these, and the extension.

@jeffjackson5331 5 жыл бұрын

Thats sweet! You gave alot of cool ideas for a diy stake out pole. I don’t have one yet for my sit in yak. Thank you for the tips.

@corywilson3724 5 жыл бұрын

Ok Chad, ya got me... I subscribed to your channel. Been watching your videos for a couple days now and this is the video that did it. I am currently working on my manual version of the power pole. Looks like it will be around $120 in parts when it’s all done. Thankfully I already own a grinder so I don’t have to worry about getting one of those lol.

@claytonsmith198 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative videos that you're doing. I've been looking for a good stake out pole around 8'.

@bigredbass7898 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these videos. They help clear up questions that i have. Great stuff.

@mikesnay687 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Chad love to hear you talk about the good old day when you couldn't just go on line and buy things that you needed for your kayak because they didn't exist! If you wanted something you had to make it yourself😎

@johnathonjohnson6638 5 жыл бұрын

I picked up a 10' section of 1/2" EMT (Electrical Metal Tubing). I thought about PVC, but it was too flexible in my opinion. I keep it on the side of my yak in the paddle keeper when I'm not using it. Thanks for all you do.

@chrisnurnberg9599 5 жыл бұрын

Love the ideas you gave with this push pole/stack out poles!

@skyshopper1198 5 жыл бұрын

I always like your videos. They are very informative and make me ponder on new ways to solve problems.

@BarFlyFishingTexas 5 жыл бұрын

OK Chad, I am grateful for all of this technology that people are creating for the kayak industry, but I do miss the old days when we used to have to make our own things. The parking pole is a great tool though. Also, I am liking your new content. Good on you for switching it up! 👍🏻

@jerrythomas2240 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! definitely gonna try the plant stake. (I already have a grinder!)

@dawsonkarl5508 5 жыл бұрын

I was planning on buying a pole like yours Chad but didn't wanna spend too much money thanks for the great ideas

@taggartcrenshaw4370 5 жыл бұрын

I like these types of videos on what you need to start out kayak bass fishing.

@jsickle1985 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, most of my fishing is in the shallows and I've been looking for a good solution. Thank you very much!

@kylehenry6873 4 жыл бұрын

I love my Park'n Pole! I also love my 8lb down rigger at the front. Deadly combo so tank you for the ideas.

@raymondparker1110 3 жыл бұрын

I've used a fiberglass garden hoe handle with the blade removed. I drilled out the handle end and epoxied a sharpened 6" piece of 1/2" round rod to use as the spike end, and still have the original hook on the other end to grab things or manipulate the pole with. It's not as versatile as my Park-n-Pole, but it certainly has seen it's fair share of duty out and about on the water with me over the years. Chad, I appreciate you, man !!!

@BernPisarcikJr 5 жыл бұрын

My son Nathan ( he is 10) just purchased the 6 foot version by Yak Attach on Saturday! I wanted him to get the 8ft, but that’s a lot to ask of a 10 year old . Awesome timing on the video!!! I have been asking him to watch your paddling video you just released. Also is note worthy, he will be using on his True Grit SS107. 🍻

@ronkilpatrick5106 4 жыл бұрын

I used a pole from a big umbrella, the kind that fits a picnic table and a handle from a old sea rod, jammed the rod into it and locked it in place. It gave me a 8 foot long pole. Been using it for 3 years now. Works great and has a nice point on it.

@LightningGB93 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet, need to get me one , you have some of the great tools for fishing Thanks

@toriholton2891 3 жыл бұрын

You crack me up.. Yet give me so many great tips in all your videos for fishing & kayaking. I love love love fishing, ice fishing too.. I don't have a boat anymore so my only option is finding a kayak I can afford and try to modify for fishing. I'm looking forward to more of your videos.. Thank you.

@ChadHooverFishing 3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome Tori and thank you. I’m glad you like the content. Thanks for watching

@davepeterson2338 5 жыл бұрын

Chad, thanks for the time information on the parking pole, just bought a heavy duty 8 ft garden stake and a PVC T handle, $6.00 total. I just need to figure out how to utilize it without using the scupper holes. Thanks for the information!

@TrailJunkiemtb 5 жыл бұрын

Genius! the telescoping painting pole with the roller is just what I need to stake the pole into the ground for various depths.

@patriotcustombaits614 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Chad, you sir are a fine upstanding Appalachian American! I am new to your channel and yak fishing, I found you through Gene Jensen’s channel. Keep up the good work and I hope to see you on the trail.

@MotierFouxCajun 5 жыл бұрын

Great information. Thanks for the videos and keep them coming.

@depjones 5 жыл бұрын

New to all this kayak fishing stuff. Now I have to watch a whole lot more videos about stake out poles and such.

@DonaldsonGTpulling 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!! I really like these short info videos

@tjbrown6416 5 жыл бұрын

Love how you all ways got some good info for even us broke folks lol thank for all the great tips man

@ronwebber5747 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Chad thanks for the info all of your videos provide. Dude I watch your stuff and I am rolling. I have been kayak fishing for some time and want to start making some KBF events. Hope to meet you because you are hilarious.

@gpi1955 5 жыл бұрын

Great video man!! I have been looking at making a riverstick anchor. I just can't work up the money for the dream pole. Thanks for all YOU do!!! Thanks for sure with lure retrieval idea never thought of that. Lol

@Walt1119 5 жыл бұрын

Well, I got a grinder, dremel, bunches of tools, and I made mine outa pvc.....great vid, thanks for sharing!!

@racetrucks10 5 жыл бұрын

.I have a tiny boat and I have been thanking about making a set of power poles out of aluminum and a 12v Actuator. But with small boats we have to worry about battery life and will it be Feasible. Or is it just easier to use the tree stake I have been using for 6 bucks

@samuelsheppard25 5 жыл бұрын

Do you run an anchor wizard on the front of your kayak in conjunction with your power pole in the back or do you use a stakeout pole (yakattack version)

@TK-pu1oe 5 жыл бұрын

Great content! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

@lukeeaton8274 5 жыл бұрын

@Chad Hoover I use an aluminum collapsible gun monopod I got new for under $10. It has a strap at the top that I can hook to my anchor trolley. The collapsible design is great for storage. It also had a foam grip at the top like your stakeout pole.

@ericwm1 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I definitely need one of those poles

@keenanmoore264 5 жыл бұрын

I'll have to get me one of these. I've been managing boat position with my paddle. Quite painfully in windy days. Time to get one.

@jeremybreed7523 5 жыл бұрын

Love the video. Very much into less expensive options that work!

@ericbertoldo7986 3 жыл бұрын

This was awesome. Who knew I could run a parking pole through my scupper hole. Game changer. Brilliant!

@rectodeath 5 жыл бұрын

This thing looks great!

@limpingfisherman1509 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad, Just watched this video. I have a telescopic painters pole. I will Give it a try. Love your videos. And hope to join KBF once i get familiar with my new kayak. Has not even seen the water yet.

@ChadHooverFishing 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome and thank you!!

@JimmyBraswell 5 жыл бұрын

My next purchase! Thanks for the great tips Chad.

@bartwalker1911 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Always great to watch!!!!!

@jonping8 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome work, I never leave your videos uninformed!!!

@kevinjensen9817 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information. Seems like a valuable tool to have on the boat

@scottreeser9947 5 жыл бұрын

YakAttack park n' pole looks very versatile, like how it comes in four foot sections. Great video Chad

@keithblack7137 5 жыл бұрын

Have the Micro Anchor Power Pole but always have the ParkNPole with me. Did not realize they had a two piece with with available extension. Now I have to add that to my wish list and use the ParkNPole with one of the yaks.

@ROgletree 4 жыл бұрын

I need to give this a try. I absolutely hate anchoring my kayak. I keep getting the line tangled around my feet or gear.

@abdullahbatis6780 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I’ve just seen this video right now. I do fishing from kayak on deep water that over 50m, the question is does anchor need to hit the bottom? And do I have to make my rope long so that hit the bottom? Or just dropping the anchor into water is enough even if it doesn’t reach to the bottom?

@leodur13 4 жыл бұрын

Great video for the guy that's just starting out. Looking for cost effective ways to get on the water. Thanks

@kanegraham1488 5 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea for the little hook things for decoys

@victorxavier9977 5 жыл бұрын

Lots of great ideas for stake/poles

@dalesmith336 5 жыл бұрын

Liked some of the low tech ideas and really like some of the shorter videos on this is what I would do. Thanks for the help!

@michaeltichonuk2176 5 жыл бұрын

Just viewed Flukemaster make a Tokyo rig...great to see such Outstanding role model and mentors return to their roots...or haven't forgotten...thanks!

@marcoarias2730 5 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I'm looking for, I purchased the yak gear one over the summer and after a tournament my pole moved and got stuck under my kayak on the drive home and the pole cracked on me,. I will definitely be trying this one out next time!